This is a sequel to Shaun's Q2 level. You are Mel Soaring , a kind - of Duke Nukem guy. Maybe his cousin. After your last mission in Q2 , you notice an asteroid coming towards the planet (earth?) and upon closer examination you discover it is actually a flying alien base. Time to kick butt!

Although the author warned of major slowdowns in the readme file , I only noticed a very slight slowdown at the end when there were about 9 aliens on the screen at once. This was at 1024x768. I'm sure this would be non-evident at 800x600. Not enough to hinder gameplay. The switching between the multi-level pak was almost instantaneous.

Very cool alien architecture. In fact , some of the most creative I've seen. A linear level but not boring. Some cool tricks to getting into certain areas.

Very good alignment. I noticed absolutely no flaws. Very good, realistic choices . A lot of adversity used in the building structures that really made it interesting. Worth stopping and admiring for a second. In one part there were some really awesome looking translucent water textures used. Almost like a lava lamp or something.

Right from the start I noticed a very good use of shadows and lighting to portray a kind of spooky feeling. It really added to the atmosphere of an asteroid out in cold , dark space. Some areas were too dark for me. Maybe a good idea to adjust the gamma before starting the game. Too bad game designers can't try out their games on video cards and test the brightness controls. Unreal and Half Life are notorious for being too dark on my tnt2.

I liked the idea that you are invading the monsters' space. Some of them seem to be just hapless workers you walk in on. The thing that really upset me was the monsters that kept resurrecting themselves behind me ! You will have to watch your back in this one. Not bad enough to ruin it , mind you, but enough to anger you at first.

You start off with the shotgun , and eventually pick up a revolver off of a dead soldier. I am not sure where the soldiers came from as the plot states you are the only one sent to investigate. You acquire a crossbow later on, and that's that. I found myself running out of ammo , even with carefully placed shots. Keep an eye on ammo as it is scarce.

Just enough health to keep you alive. I did like the fact that you start off with your suit. Man , it's annoying when you can't see your items.

Nothing much to talk about. Just the standard half-life sounds.

I liked the premise of being the invader. The architecture of the asteroid was very original.

As real as any other level depicting an alien race that doesn't exist with buildings never built using weapons that have not been developed!

Due to the lack of ammo and resurrection capabilities of some monsters, I'd say this pak scores an 8 on the quick load scale!

I finished the level in about 40 minutes.

Very cool architecture, plenty of aliens.

Alien resurrection, lousy ending.

Not the best in the west , but definitely worth the relatively small download.